Van Der Valk (2020) s02e01 Episode Script
Plague on Amsterdam
Hey, Pookie.
Hey, Pookie.
Hi. Oh.
Hello.
Hello, I'm Katrin and this is Elen.
Jelena.
We just arrived from Thailand,
Do you know Amsterdam well? Huh?
Me?
Yeah.
Oh, you know, a bit.
Great.
Oh, cool.
Then you can help turn this
dull night into a fun night, no?
Oh, we love fun nights.
Do you? What makes you think I'm
qualified to give you a fun night?
Intuition.
Yeah.
So where would you wanna go?
Home?
Interesting.
That's the right answer. I like a
man who gets straight to the point.
Alone.
No.
No.
Listen, I've gotta go.
No, no, please.
That's so disappointing.
The night is so young.
Hey, babe. Sorry I'm late.
Everything OK?
'Cause for a minute there I thought
you might be chatting someone up.
Uh, no, he was just
giving us directions.
Uh goodbye.
You looked like you needed rescuing.
Don't we all?
Maybe I was playing hard to get.
Were you playing hard to get?
No. No, you're right, I'm
Maybe I needed some help.
Well, consider yourself helped.
Well, thank you for helping.
Lena.
Lena.
Mmm. Guess you're free to go now.
Yeah. Yeah, I guess so.
Paid that, I can just
I'd better go.
So, uh
I'm sorry.
Sorry.
The wanderer returns.
Good night, was it?
Yeah.
Yeah, it was, very.
You been waiting long?
No. Not long.
Right, get that down you.
You're gonna need it.
Uh, we've got tyre tracks
in and out of here,
and boot marks everywhere.
Like those ones there.
Good point. I'd say we're talking
white male, 5'10 ", maybe 5'11".
And judging by the width
of that step, I'd say mid-30s.
How'd you guess that?
I think she's describing you, Brad.
Hendrik.
Hey.
- What have we got?
- Not exactly sure.
There's an injection mark
on her right wrist.
Doesn't look like
your typical junkie.
You never can tell these days.
The cause of death
is possible poisoning
but I'll need toxicology to confirm.
What, killed somewhere else?
I'd say so.
Lividity on the anterior aspect
of the shoulders and torso
suggests that the body's been
on her stomach for a while,
so I'll have to do
a proper examination.
Yeah, most likely killed
somewhere else, brought here.
When?
Rigor mortis wearing off.
I'd say she'd been here
two or three days.
And this.
Well, there's no attempt
to hide her ID.
Name's Susie de Windt.
Solicitor at
De Windt, Koemen and Berg.
And lots of missed calls. Someone
was trying to get hold of her.
- Let's find out who.
- There's another thing.
Razor-sharp implement.
Surface wounds only.
Judging by the minimal blood loss,
definitely post-mortem.
Not frenzied.
I'd say it's a marker.
- Of what?
- 'X' marks the spot.
'10' in Roman numerals.
- The windmill?
- This might help.
"It's about ethics.
Where's XX?
"Follow the Philosopher's Eye."
A murderer with ethics,
that'd be a first.
Any ideas?
No.
Where's Cloovers when you need him?
It's gonna be OK.
It's gonna be OK.
It's gonna be OK.
Please let it be OK.
It will be. You did nothing wrong.
I killed someone.
You stepped in when a fellow officer
needed you. End of story.
Counselling going OK?
I think we should head in.
Let's get the note checked for
handwriting, paper, ink, anything.
Yeah, will do.
Victim has an 'X' carved into her,
and the note mentions a double 'X'.
So we could be looking for
a second body, right?
Yeah. It's a staged death.
Theatrical, cryptic notes left.
Maybe it's part of a bigger plan.
So what are we talking, then,
a proper nutjob?
They usually are.
Next of kin -
husband Roland de Windt,
senior partner at the same firm.
He's also a historian and polymath,
whatever he means by that.
It means he's smart.
Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
Excuse me, Roland de Windt?
Yep.
Is there somewhere private
we can go and talk?
Uh, yeah.
I'll be back in a minute.
Sure.
Step this way.
We'll need to ask you some
questions about your wife's cases.
Was she working on
anything controversial,
any disgruntled clients,
anyone with a grudge?
Not that I know of.
And when did you last see her?
Um, three days ago.
And when she didn't come home,
didn't you think that was odd?
Well, yeah, but I didn't think
I didn't think this.
Well, what did you think?
That she might've gone to visit
friends, relatives.
Anyone else?
Does your wife normally disappear
off radar for three days?
No. And I was concerned, obviously.
But not enough to ring her.
Had you had a row?
No.
- I'm pretty sure I did ring her.
- No.
She had 37 missed calls,
mainly work-related,
but not one of them was from you.
I've been snowed under.
I just didn't get round to it.
Your wife's body, it was found
at a wind farm outside of town.
Does that make any sense to you?
No. Sorry.
How'd you get hurt?
Fell playing squash.
It's my escape.
Yeah, that's great.
PA confirmed Roland de Windt
does play squash.
Also hinted that all maybe
wasn't well in the marriage.
It's odd that he didn't
ring his wife, right?
Especially if he killed her.
I mean, if he killed her,
he would've rung her, wouldn't he?
To cover his tracks.
Where are we at
on Susie de Windt's movements?
The morning she died,
she got a bus back to the city
from Sporenburg at 7:06am.
Sporenburg's a long way from home.
What was she doing there?
Hey, Lena.
Hello. Hi.
You answered your phone.
Well, it's rude not to.
Hm. Never stopped you before.
I'm impressed.
It's almost functional.
Does she know what you do
for a living?
No.
Busy?
- Dating app, Brad?
- Dating app. As if.
Yeah. Yeah, alright.
But I'll have you know
it's 'cause I'm picky.
You know you're on a site where the
women do the picking? Just saying.
- What have we got?
- Site's secured.
No reports of a second stiff
or missing person.
You cracked the note yet?
Well, within a whisker, yeah.
That's a no, then.
Susie de Windt's current case load.
Now, the land is owned by the city,
but was in the news recently.
Bunch of artist squatters -
polder rebels -
were due to be relocated there.
They were living on disused land
in the city for years,
but lost their battle against
eviction four days ago.
Were offered the land as an
alternative but refused point blank.
That's a long way from the city.
The land is contaminated.
And there's plans to extend industry
all up round there.
The polder case is
one of Susie de Windt's.
She's the lawyer who won it for
the city against the squatters.
Hello.
Exonerated.
Yeah!
Well done, mate.
That's our boy.
Not that we recognise you
Anything I need to know about?
Nah. Usual.
That's vague,
even by your own standards.
Is there anything
I need to know about?
Yeah.
No.
..because we need you pronto.
You thought about
getting another dog yet?
Trojan was the one and only for me.
I'm not the only one
missing him, right?
Why don't you get yourself
a dog, Piet?
Nah. Too much like commitment.
Where are we at
on the polder squatters?
Artists community.
Not just squatters.
It's actually a really
interesting case.
We've got loads of information,
thanks to Susie de Windt's files -
pictures, newspaper clippings.
They're winning the case,
Susie de Windt gets them evicted.
So the great unwashed take revenge
on the lawyer that shafted them.
Hardly the great unwashed, Brad.
Amsterdam has a long noble
tradition of squatting.
And I've got nothing
against squatting,
especially if I'm caught short
in the middle of the woods.
But not everyone wants
a bunch of "artists"
dirtying up their front doorstep.
You two, get down there.
Names, agitators, usual stuff.
I'm guessing the polder lot
had a lawyer, the one who lost.
Cassie Davids.
OK, you and me, let's go and speak
to her, see what she's got to say.
Could you ever live here?
Could you?
Pfft.
Not a chance.
I thought they lost the case.
We did. We're celebrating anyway.
We're proud of everything
that we've achieved here.
And we've got a few days
before we have to leave, so
So, uh, what's the set-up here,
then, anyway?
What, are you all artists
and, uh unemployed?
We all do different things.
Right. Well, what about you?
Me? A bit of everything.
Film buff, photographer,
mainly an inventor,
and here is my latest
and it's one of my best.
It's a homemade rum. Try it.
Ooh, way too early.
Daddy, Daddy!
Oh, monster.
Actually, we need to ask some
questions about the court case.
OK, yeah, sure. Come and join us.
Talk to anyone you want.
Ethics, ethics.
"Follow the Philosopher's Eye."
Any ideas?
You're our resident genius.
I'm more of a stat man.
Maybe it's a quote.
Like a hidden message
or a riddle or something?
Can't be doing with
all the mind games myself.
It's here.
Oi!
Cassie Davids.
Yeah, but now's not a good time.
Actually, now's a perfect time.
You've got a lot of boxes here.
You going somewhere?
Oh, sharp observational skills.
Any more insights, Commissaris?
I reckon you're not teetotal
and maybe you didn't make it home
last night.
Did you go anywhere special?
I can't remember.
But I'm done here. I'm fed up
with the system, the defeats.
I got cynical. It's time to quit.
Susie de Windt's been murdered.
We think her death might be connected
to the polder case.
Are you accusing
my former clients of murder?
Are you targeting them because
they have an alternative lifestyle?
Would I?
I don't know. Would you?
Mrs De Windt was last seen the day
that she won the case
and then she was found dead
in the field
that the city
want to send the community to.
So, we think it's reasonable
to suspect a connection to them
or to you.
Wouldn't you say?
So, how long have you lived here?
My whole life.
Hey.
Hey.
What's the quote?
What? This?
"The wound is the place
where the light gets in."
Rumi.
That's interesting.
So, uh, where are you going to
move everyone?
Oh, something will come up.
Some of you must be pretty hacked
off with the result, right?
Mm, yeah,
we were sort of expecting it.
Why are you asking?
Susie de Windt, the lawyer who acted
against you, has been killed.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this.
We're gonna need a list
of everyone who lives here.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
Yeah, I'll
Great, thank you.
Susie was a decent-enough lawyer -
a bit by-the-book for me,
but, believe me,
I'm not the killing type.
Look, we should have won.
Now my clients have to suffer
because of a legal system more
concerned with money than people.
So, what happened?
The good guys lost.
It happens all the time.
What's gonna happen to the land
that they're on now?
Uh, the city are leasing it
to a consortium.
They're gonna build
a tourist attraction.
Like we need another one.
Oh, there you go!
Yeah, could have told you that.
Oh! Are you mad?
I thought you said
you weren't the killing type.
Oh, I have my moments.
That is definitely
against building regulations.
You ever come across
Susie de Windt's husband?
Yeah. He was in court
most of the time.
Why?
I don't know. You're the detective.
Check her out, find out about
the consortium she mentioned.
Ethics.
Ethics!
I'm gonna need a bit more than that.
I was coming at it from
the left side of my brain -
analytically, logically -
whereas with puzzles,
you have to engage
both sides of the brain
simultaneously.
'Ethics' - it's a treatise
on the metaphysical.
It's a what?
It's a book, Brad.
Baruch Spinoza.
Baruch?
Also known as Benedictus or Ben.
Well, he doesn't look like
your usual suspect, does he?
1632 to 1677.
'Ethics' is his most famous book
and he's our best-known philosopher.
Well, I'm still none the wiser.
Literally a lover of wisdom,
like you.
What did he believe in?
Solutions to pretty much everything
based on
monistic metaphysics.
How did you get on with
the polder rebels?
We got a list of everyone who lives
there. We're just checking them out.
Oh, starting with that
tattooed bloke. He loved a quote.
How was the defence lawyer?
Volatile.
"Where's the XX?
"Philosopher's Eye."
What does it all mean?
Like, EYE Film Institute?
Red-light district? One-eyed jack?
What?
Really?
There's a statue of Spinoza
down by the Amstel.
So, what's he looking at?
The Munt Tower?
Bridge? Houseboats?
Let's get the divers down there.
Well, there's no signs of bloating,
skin slippage or wrinkling.
You done Susie de Windt's autopsy?
You know, I was just about to
and I got dragged down here.
Patience is a virtue, Piet.
Yeah, time waits for no man.
I did hear back from the
graphologist about the ink, though.
Made from
oak gall.
I mean, this is the stuff that
Shakespeare would have written with,
that Leonardo da Vinci
would have drawn with
when he wasn't filling his studio
with inflated intestines.
Clever lad, that one.
That Spinoza would have used?
Presumably. Rare as hen's teeth.
Find out who makes it.
And one other thing, whoever wrote
that note was 'sinistra' in Latin -
where the word 'sinister'
comes from.
Yeah, and for those
that don't speak Latin?
Left-handed. 1 in 10, apparently.
Right, let's get her on her front.
Go on, then.
No ID on her.
I've checked her pockets.
At least there's no note
on this one.
Not on her, Brad.
In her.
"When a man is prey to his emotions,
he is not his own master."
Spinoza again.
Why this obsession
with a dead philosopher?
"Tick tock. Who owns the city?
The Fire Stealers."
You got any ideas?
Don't look at me.
Why does a killer leave notes
anyway? Does he wanna get caught?
"Tick tock." That worries me.
So, who's got the third 'X'?
Maybe it's me?
What if we're dealing with
a serial killer? They like puzzles.
They kill at least three or more.
I've got some notes
on serial killers here.
76% of the time, they're male,
but that's just stats.
Um, there's no strict rules,
but they would tend to be a loner -
antisocial, solitary,
smooth-talking yet insincere,
egocentric and grandiose
with a lack of empathy
for anybody else's feelings.
Could be pretty much anyone,
couldn't it?
He was in de Windt's office.
Who is he?
Oh, Ruud Lipman.
He's the head of the consortium
that gets the polder people's land.
Alright, speak to him,
see what he knows.
Your tattoo - city flag, right?
Of course. Amsterdam.
So, we've got a dead lawyer
who represented the city
and an unidentified body with a note.
Who owns the city?
I don't know who owns it,
but I know a man
who wrote a book about it.
Your office said I'd find you here.
What, is it another escape?
Not long after your wife
was found murdered.
Have you found out
who killed Susie yet?
Oh, no, yet.
How was your marriage?
Got any complaints?
My marriage was fine, thanks.
Yours?
Never got that far.
Your wife spent her last night out
near Sporenburg.
You know anything about that?
Could she have been having an affair?
I don't know.
What do any of us ever really know
about each other?
That could almost be a Spinoza quote.
You've got a chapter on him in there.
You a fan?
He's a great thinker.
Your mother never tell you
it's rude to stare?
Not anymore.
So, what does Spinoza
have to do with my wife's death?
A note was left near her body
referencing 'Ethics'.
A second body's turned up,
another Spinoza quote there.
You're a bit of an expert.
I do hope that's not your only line
of inquiry, Commissaris.
Oh, it's not.
No, there's a couple more.
Ruud Lipman.
You know him?
Only through Susie.
What was he doing at your office?
Well, I assume
he was there to see her.
About the case?
Yeah.
According to Cassie Davids,
you were in court a lot. Why?
To support Susie.
But you said
you didn't know the wind farm
where your wife's body was found
and yet
moving the polder community there,
well, that was a key part
of the case.
Well, I wasn't in court every day
and if the wind farm
meant something to me,
why on earth wouldn't I tell you?
That's been troubling me too.
Why would you lie?
Unless that's just,
uh, a lawyer thing.
You don't know me.
No, but I know me and that helps.
Are you investigating
my wife's murder
or are you
pointing the finger at me?
I'd be very careful if I were you.
Is that a threat?
Free legal advice. Rare these days.
I'm enjoying it.
Will you sign it?
Are you serious?
Not always, but most of the time.
Are we done
or you gonna join me in the sauna?
We're done, and I've seen enough,
thanks. For now.
Terrible about Susie.
You caught the bastard yet?
Uh, we're still working on it.
You were due to meet her yesterday.
Is that right?
Yes. Yes, that's right.
I, uh I wanted to thank her.
Her winning the case gives us
the green light to develop the land.
Uh, to build a tourist attraction?
A little bit
more than that, gentlemen.
The Amsterdam Eye, the largest
observation wheel in Europe.
Here you go.
More questions?
Remind you of anything?
Yep, the writing on the notes.
What sort of ink do you use?
A Japanese one mainly.
You know anything about oak gall ink?
Yeah, it's for manuscripts,
isn't it?
How did you get on
with Susie de Windt?
I didn't.
Yeah, we heard about that.
She had a case against you.
Harassment, wasn't it?
No, stitch-up.
There's one law for them
and another for us.
She had spies crawling everywhere,
trying to find anything they could
use against us, so I hit back.
How?
By following her,
see how she liked it.
But they turned that
to their advantage
and slapped an injunction on me.
That can't have gone down well
with you.
Life sucks and then you die.
That's not a Spinoza quote,
by any chance?
How do you use these things?
Why are you so interested?
Why?
'Cause I've got two dead bodies
with two notes,
both written with something like this
and I'd like to see one in action,
if you'd care to show me.
You mind if I check the ink?
No.
OK.
OK.
Thank you.
We need to keep an eye on
the polder lot.
Let's get some officers down there,
unmarked cars, round the clock.
Do you have to?
Well, it's not like
it's gonna wake anybody up, is it?
Check the ink.
Right. First things first.
No signs of sexual assault
on either victim,
but the 'X's both carved with
the same or very similar implement
with not one, but two cutting edges.
Cheese slicer?
Possible.
Cause of death,
internal haemorrhaging
leading to multi-organ failure
triggered by a massive injection
of an anticoagulant
often found in cases of rodenticide.
That's, uh, rat poison to you.
And also these small localised areas
of bruising
on either side
of the muscles on her neck.
So, there's one on the right -
that's probably the thumb -
and three, four on the left -
the fingers.
A left-hander, then.
Well, done with the left, sure,
but it doesn't necessarily
mean left-handed, does it?
There's also similar areas
of bruising
on the inside of her left bicep
as if she'd been grabbed
or gripped tightly.
The yellow-brownish discolouration
suggests it's historic.
Could that predate and be unconnected
to her death?
Could indeed.
You thinking
her husband's hand injury?
Yeah, maybe.
And as for this one,
well, pretty fresh.
Comparing the diatoms in the tissue
to the sample I took in the river,
it's not the same.
She drowned somewhere else,
although I did detect the presence
of fish faeces in her lungs.
Take your time. It's no rush.
We hate to bother you.
Oh, not at all.
But far from it.
You're always welcome down here.
Oh, yeah, we've got a match
for her DNA.
Her name is Juliana Holt.
You wouldn't happen to have
an address as well, would you?
Commissaris,
your wish is my command.
Get a snap of that.
Enjoy.
Thanks.
Juliana Holt, 33,
set up her own PR company.
Very right-on, very alternative.
What was she doing on our database?
Arrested at an environmental
protest march about three years ago.
Is that yours?
Yeah.
Nice!
What did do you pay for it?
Wanna buy it? 1,000 euro.
Give me the camera!
No!
There's an 'X'.
Another one here.
Right, let's turn this off.
Um
Hey, I think the police
are watching us.
I need the keys to Tonie's workshop.
You stay here, sweetheart?
What did the police want earlier?
Don't worry about them.
Everything's gonna be fine.
He's toying with us.
Pages are from 'Ethics'.
There's got to be a connection
between Juliana Holt
and Susie de Windt, right?
You'd think so.
According to her website,
Juliana Holt
specialises in promoting
the tolerant, liberal city
of free spirit that she loves -
Amsterdam.
Maybe she's mates
with the polder lot.
We got her computer bagged yet?
Yeah, it's already with Tech.
And the car outside is hers,
by the way.
Mm. Modest apartment,
brand-new vehicle.
Either it's family money or that's
got to be on finance, right?
Yeah, I'll check.
How did you get on
with Django Keet's ink?
It's not oak gall.
Not used to write the notes.
Any ideas?
Maybe.
Spinoza was Amsterdam born and bred,
expelled age 23 for
heretical beliefs by his community,
betrayed and exiled.
The story of my life.
Expelled from school,
numerous bars, three marriages.
I could go on.
Yeah.
Yeah, maybe it's not about
the philosophy.
Maybe it's about the man himself.
Come in.
Sir.
So, when were you going to tell us
we might have a serial killer
on our hands?
When I knew for sure we do.
The papers seem to think so.
Since when do we take
any notice of them?
Notes, Spinoza quotes.
Should we be worried? Is this some
grand-plan master murderer?
Well, he's pretty up himself,
I'll give him that.
'Narcissist', I believe is the term.
Are there going to be more victims?
Not if we allow the team
to get on with their job.
Right, Piet?
Right.
Oh, one more thing.
Stop pissing off lawyers, will you?
De Windt rang me to complain.
Great about the hearing.
Your mum must be relieved.
Yeah, very.
Let's get out of here.
Chief's breathing down our necks.
We've drawn a blank on why
Susie de Windt was in Sporenburg.
My money's on her
having an affair, but
What's out there anyway?
Just a load of new housing, right?
Yeah, just social and domestic.
A few shops, businesses, charities,
that sort of thing.
What sort of charities?
Um, children's and a women's refuge.
Victims of domestic abuse.
Hendrik said she had
some historic bruising.
See if she contacted them.
Sure.
Juliana Holt.
Well, you were right about the car.
No family money, parents both dead,
and a brother who seemed to think
SHE was struggling for money.
Did she lease it?
Mm, bought outright.
Checking to see
if the sale's on camera.
Maybe she's got a rich partner.
Maybe. Any link to the polder lot?
No, nothing obvious on the computer.
Right, you coming or what?
Same time next week?
Yes, about that
We're both grown-ups, right?
This seeing each other
It's all part of the game.
Sleeping with the enemy.
Trying to get an angle?
We had some fun.
We did.
We move on?
Water under the bridge.
Ships that pass in the night.
Good.
I knew you'd understand.
Ja. Yo, that's it.
That's it!
I've got it!
Uh, look. Um
Look.
Yeah, now's a bit early
to be turning to drink.
It's a nice beer, though.
No, what do you see?
Is that a trick question?
What were you taught
that the three 'X's
in the Amsterdam flag stood for?
Triple 'X' - bad-ass city.
Did you even go to school?
Yeah but not all the time.
These are the three trials
our city had to go through.
The flood.
Yeah.
Plague.
Fire.
Right. Precisely.
So, victim number one,
Susie de Windt.
Rat poison. Plague.
Victim number two, Juliana Holt.
Drowned. Flood.
Victim number three
Is gonna be killed by fire.
Yes. The Fire Stealer,
whoever that is.
Prometheus.
The Fire Stealer. Prometheus.
Yes, yes, Prometheus.
Prometheus stole fire from the gods
and brought it to mankind
and, as punishment, had his liver
plucked out by vultures.
So, the next victim's a Greek god?
Admittedly, I don't
have it all figured out yet.
Ruud Lipman.
Ruud Lipman. Ruud Lipman.
Ruud Lipman.
Is a Greek god?
Uh No. No, no.
His consortium. That's Prometheus.
Good. Let's go.
Frank, enjoy.
Thank you.
I didn't order a pizza.
Press another.
Here we go.
Go! The killer can't be far!
Job, where are you?
You two OK?
Yeah. Few minutes earlier,
would've had him.
Exactly. He's getting careless.
He's messing with us,
trying to prove a point.
What about?
I don't know.
Amsterdam maybe.
We've got a lawyer
who represented the city,
a PR woman who championed it
and a developer
who's transforming it.
Susie de Windt and Ruud Lipman
knew each other, right?
Yeah, and we're checking
to see if Lipman's
got any properties in Sporenburg
where we think she spent
her last night.
So how does Juliana Holt fit in?
She doesn't. Well, so far.
Shame we don't get paid
by the crime scene, hm?
He's got three 'X's on his back,
this time before death.
Painful. Sadistic even.
Yeah, or pragmatic. He couldn't
do it once the guy was on fire.
- Cameras?
- Disabled.
I take it we've discussed the, uh
the elephant in the room?
Logically, this guy will have a note
somewhere about his personage
telling us the whereabouts
of the next victim.
If there is one.
There's three 'X's on the flag.
What if he's stopped,
mission accomplished?
I don't think so.
Well, either way, you can't perform
an autopsy on someone
while they're still alive.
Yes, but we can do a scan.
No, I'm not asking the family of
a burns victim fighting for his life
if we can poke around with his body.
Well, what if a life depends on it?
I said no!
The medical team won't let you
anywhere near him anyway
while they're trying
to keep him alive.
We'll have to think again.
Mm Mm-hm. Yeah.
Well, that's good.
Thanks.
Brilliant. Great.
Here you go.
Can you mute that, please?
No, he can't.
It might be a hot match.
I got a hot match for you, Brad.
That was Tech. Juliana Holt
was on your dating site.
Really?
The last text on her phone was
about a date with Rita Wijngarden.
Possibly the last person
to see her alive.
Oh, God, yeah!
I've seen her on a few of my apps.
How many are you on?
Nine.
Covering your bets?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here we are, Rita Wijngarden.
Yeah. "About you".
She's an artist, bisexual,
and then her hobbies include
HierHieronymus Bosch.
Sculpture and Whoa.
Spinoza or serial killing?
Ink-making.
Ask her on a date.
What, Brad
and a potential serial killer?
It's a match made in heaven.
I mean, to be honest,
I think I've dated
a couple of those already.
Well, can't I just
You know, can we bring her in
for questioning or something?
I mean, she could end up being
Jacqueline the Ripper or something.
Well, I figured you like them feisty.
Besides, our killer's smart.
If it is her and we bring her in,
she'll be ready for us
whereas an innocent date,
that might get us an inside track.
Yeah, it might get my liver eaten
with chianti and fava beans as well.
Yeah, one for the team.
I mean, it's your call.
"All things excellent
"are as difficult as they are rare."
Lens-grinder by day,
philosopher by night.
He would've made a good detective.
Well, someone's not happy.
Um Uh, yeah, a couple of things.
Um, that was a women's refuge.
They want to talk
about Susie de Windt.
It's a bit weird,
someone like her contacting them.
Well, I don't see why.
A vulnerable woman's a vulnerable
woman from any walk of life.
I'll speak to them.
And the problem?
Rita Wijngarden's agreed to a date.
Excellent. Get you wired up, then.
Not gone off the idea, have ya?
Well, I've just looked her up
on another couple of apps
and she's got an IQ of 146.
Wow! That's almost genius level.
That's even higher than
Yeah, yeah,
and she's a master in jujitsu.
Well, you better not upset her, then.
Piet, might have something.
I've just been sent footage
of Juliana Holt buying her car.
Look who was with her.
Juliana Holt, friend of yours?
Name doesn't ring any bells.
There we go again,
doing that lying thing.
It's becoming a bit of a habit.
You were with her when
she bought a brand-new car.
That's
That she couldn't afford.
Bit younger than you, isn't she?
It's none of your business.
We fished her out of the Amstel,
so it's become my business.
She won't be needing the car anymore
whereas you need
to start explaining - now.
We were friends. That's all.
You normally buy friends a new car?
We were having an affair.
Got a problem with that?
Me? No, no.
I got a problem with her
being dead, though,
like your wife.
Did she know you were
having an affair?
Could she be having an affair
with Ruud Lipman?
That you didn't take kindly to?
I told you, I don't know what
my wife was up to and vice versa.
Oh, that's right, yeah.
You didn't ring her for three days.
Where were you between
9:00 and 10:00 yesterday evening?
At 10:00? Oh, I was visiting Susie's
relatives, offering my condolences.
They live down south.
Very thoughtful.
We can check.
Be my guest.
Right, you can see
You all wired up?!
Yeah, I'm wired alright.
Dunno why I have to be, though.
It might cramp my style,
all you lot listening in
to the master at work.
We'll all be there.
Nothing will happen.
Well, I mean, it's unlikely.
Right.
Ruud Lipman, still in hospital,
70% burns and organ damage.
Well, De Windt's sister-in-law
confirmed he went to see her
yesterday evening.
I mean, he could've
got back in time to kill
if he'd driven like a madman.
Let's see if we can pick him up
on motorway cameras.
OK.
Django Keet's still in the frame.
He went AWOL from the polder around
the time Lipman went up in flames.
How do we know that?
Surveillance officers on the ground.
Said they only realised
once he'd returned.
Must have slipped out a back way
like he knew we was watching.
You sure my pay grade stretches
as far as dating
potential serial killers?
With an almost superhuman intellect
and the ability to snap you
in half like a twig.
Not helping.
Watch out if she's left-handed
and orders a cheese board.
Yeah, really not helping!
Actually you're right.
I'd never ask you to do something
that I wouldn't do myself.
If you're not up for this,
I could throw my hat in the ring.
No, it's alright. I can, um
I'm prepared to give it a go.
You know, sometimes even
to live is an act of courage.
Spinoza.
Seneca, the stoic.
Brad,
we're just 'round the corner.
We can be there in a minute.
Two minutes.
Five tops. Five, we'll be there.
Yeah, you're meant
to be calming me down.
I have calmed you down.
Right, Job's gone ahead.
Just get on with it.
Oh, yeah, fine.
So Bambi's got my back.
Yeah, great, great.
Yeah, I know.
Let's go.
OK.
Hi, Rita? Um, nice to, um, meet you.
You, uh, look, um, very, um
like your profile picture,
which is always a good thing.
Um, can I, um Sorry.
Could I get, um, two beers
and some snacks
for the table as well, please?
Yeah, that's OK.
Um
So, um, do you come here often?
Yes, I like it here.
Yeah, it's nice.
So I I gather you make ink.
No exactly subtle, is he?
That's a thing I do, yeah.
Oh, cool.
Why? Do you?
No, no.
No, I didn't even know you could
Why kind do you make?
Well, there's a few.
Oak gall?
That's that's the stuff
that Shakespeare
and, um,
Leonardo DiCaprio used, right?
Wow. "The master."
How do you know that?
Oh, well, not just
a pretty face.
Oh, but I just
I read, um, lots of
It just sticks in
my brain like pointless information.
Um, uh
Enjoy.
Cheers.
So you're, um, left-handed?
That's very, um, Sinatra.
Um, that's where we get
the word 'sinister' from.
Do you always talk this much?
Only when I'm nervous.
Um
I'm new to this dating stuff,
if I'm honest.
Um, a friend of mine put me
onto it, Juliana Holt.
Ju Juliana.
Juliana Holt?
What, you you know her?
Yeah, I met her.
No way!
Yeah.
I came here with her, actually.
Oh! How did that date go?
You're not the ink person, are you?
No, I I thought
you were the ink person.
Juliana was told about me
by someone who bought my ink.
Thought we might be a good fit.
But, uh
Did you get a name?
Why are you quizzing me?
Well, I mean, was it a boy, girl?
Who was it?
I think I better go.
Weirdo.
What
Do we let her go?
Commissaris Van der Valk.
Inspector Hassell.
We need to speak with you
about Juliana Holt.
What's this?
It's a murder investigation.
I'm sorry, but Juliana Holt
was killed the night of your date
and we think you might have been
the last person to see her alive.
The person that suggested you to her,
the one who bought ink,
did Juliana mention who it was?
Uh, no. Someone she knew.
Was it a man or a woman or
She didn't say.
Have you ever sold ink
to either of these two men?
I sell this all over the world.
It's all done online.
OK, do you keep a record
of everyone you sell to?
I post it, so I've probably
got a list somewhere.
Is it OK if these two come
and get a list of them now?
Hi.
Really?
Our car's just
around the corner.
Yep.
And this is my colleague Brad,
who you've obviously met.
OK, when?
Right, yep.
Lena?
Nope, hospital.
Ruud Lipman died.
We need to find Hendrik.
I'll find the list.
I like your art.
It's a very
strong use of colour.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Very, um, Hieronymus Bosch.
Uh, any chance I can use your, um
You know, all them beers.
On your left, downstairs.
So you want me to print it?
Yes, please,
if you could, thank you.
Hendrik.
We need you in the morgue.
You found the keys, then.
Didn't find the light switch.
It's here.
I'll show you round if you want.
That's the helm.
That's the compass.
And that's the throttle.
What exactly do you do?
I clean up other people's mess.
Hey.
Sorry. I've, uh I've gotta go.
I didn't want to wake you. I was
Oh, no, no. Sure.
Just, uh, give me five minutes
and I'll be out of here.
There's no need. There's no need.
You can, um
stay.
Just be careful if you take her
out on the water.
The sails can be a bit tricky.
I'll bear that in mind.
Job the Pope.
What are you doing here?
Oh, I never leave home without one.
Um, I was working late
and then Frank started
telling me his life story.
Oh, you need some
strong coffee, then, huh?
Oh, join the queue.
- Hey, Frankie.
- Hi.
Frank, thank you.
How'd you get on with that list
of people who bought the ink?
I'm still working on it.
Rita Wijngarden's art
is very dark. 'X' motifs.
Brad almost passed out.
He's, uh, checking on her alibi now.
The name Cassie Davids
mean anything?
Said she'll meet you there.
Find out where Django Keet went
when he left the polder
the day before yesterday.
Will do. You?
I've got a date with Cassie Davids.
What would Lena say?
Told her what you do yet?
Yes.
And Lena?
She's a doctor, OK?
She deals with the living.
I deal with the dead.
You're late, which is rude.
You shouldn't keep people waiting.
You shouldn't stalk people
late at night either.
What do you want? I'm on a deadline.
I thought I'd save you the trouble
of tracking me down,
thought I'd offer myself up
for an in-depth interview.
Well, I'm touched. Why?
Two of the victims
are linked to the case I lost.
But not Juliana Holt.
Still, I must at least
be high on the list of suspects,
particularly since I had a quickie
in a hotel with Ruud Lipman
just hours before he died.
Oh, you're good!
I put myself high on the list
of potential suspects
and you barely flicker.
Well, I'm pretty sure
you'll have your defence prepared.
Well, why would
I meet Ruud in a hotel
if I was gonna kill him
a short time later?
It depends what happened
in the hotel.
I've seen what you can do
with a heel.
I haven't got time to play games.
Oh, don't say that.
You can't imagine the images
I'm conjuring up in my mind.
Oh, I was at least hoping
to get handcuffed.
Maybe later.
Django Keet's not at home?
No, sorry. I haven't seen him today.
So no idea where he is?
Uh, no. No, sorry,
I haven't seen him.
What do you guys do
about security around here?
- Have you got cameras?
- Yeah, yeah, some.
When we realised De Windt,
Koeman and Berg were watching us,
the committee asked me
to rig something up.
Hm, figures.
Do you know where Django might be?
Yeah
Ooh! Go to your Mummy.
He's gone to see De Windt.
He said he'd found something out
and was "going De Windt hunting
once and for all".
Hello, sir.
How can I help you?
Is De Windt here?
Do you have an appointment?
- Excuse me?
- De Windt!
Excuse me, sir, do you Oh!
De Windt!
I'm onto you!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Relax, relax Oh!
Calm. Calm down.
Calm down, alright? We we can
talk this through, alright?
Look. Just back off! Hey!
- I'll kill you!
- Freeze!
We know you snuck out of the polder
the day before yesterday.
Where did you go?
To see him?
That's a nice photo.
Not so nice.
He's the one that was
gonna build on your land.
And here's who won him that chance.
I mean, you can see
where we're heading.
You have no idea what De Windt
has done, have you?
He's messed with our lives.
Everyone has.
Chew you up and spit you out.
De Windt would stop at nothing.
He fixed the case against us.
I just needed confirmation,
so I beat the truth out
of the deputy mayor's sidekick
and he won't have reported it
on account of taking
De Windt's bribes,
but he'll have ended up in hospital.
That's where I was.
Before.
After.
Do you know her?
Yeah.
I, uh, might have seen her
at the polder, yeah.
And what was she doing there?
She was doing the the PR.
She helped with the case.
She was all for promoting
the city's alternative lifestyles.
Well, there's no record
of that on her computer
or mention of her in the case.
Piet?
He's telling the truth.
The assistant deputy mayor
was admitted to hospital.
Alright, we'll charge him with that.
And get Tech to look
at Juliana Holt's deleted files.
OK, will do.
And Dahlman wants you to meet her
at De Windt's members' club.
Good. I want to speak to him anyway.
Brace yourself.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
It's about the state
of your marriage.
Oh, it's too early for me
to start dating, I'm afraid.
You really don't do it for me,
I'm afraid.
And I visited a women's refuge
in Sporenburg, Mr De Windt,
which provides refuge for women
escaping domestic violent.
Your wife was staying with them
while they found her an apartment.
Utter fantasy.
And the deep tissue
bruising my pathologist
found on your wife's body?
Utter fantasy too?
Like the injury to your hand?
Your wife had one beating too many.
Or perhaps forcing her to accept
corruption was the final straw.
Hearsay and slander.
Your wife left a detailed testimony
outlining exactly
what happened to her
and a list of bribes you paid
to keep people at city hall.
You bought the case for Ruud Lipman,
presumably in return for money,
like you bought
Juliana Holt's silence.
My tech team just found
her deleted PR report.
It's a glowing defence
of the polder community.
It never surfaced.
But a flash car did.
You weren't going out with her
at all, were you? Purely business.
Did you kill her?
Your wife?
What about Lipman?
Yep. Hendrik, what have you got?
Now might be a good time
to call a lawyer.
It's time to get dressed.
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Come on.
That note was found
in Ruud Lipman's stomach.
There's no Spinoza this time,
but valiant, steadfast
and compassionate like the 'X's.
"GOD must die.
Big bang at high noon."
Yeah, I like this note. Huh.
"Littorally."
It's not every day
you get to save God, is it?
Not that I am. That's your job.
But, uh, I have every faith, Piet.
Godspeed.
Right, how long have
we got till high noon?
1 hour 47 minutes.
It's 46 minutes now.
Where's Dahlman?
Briefing the chief at city hall.
OK, "One more big bang. GOD must
die at high noon. Littorally."
It's spelled wrong.
No, it's a different word.
With an 'O', it means 'shoreline'.
Right, so what have we
got at a shoreline?
Nothing concrete.
Just give me something.
OK, well, look. Ruud Lipman is from
something of a property dynasty.
His plan for the polder land,
the Amsterdam Eye,
is actually just a bigger version of
something his dad did decades ago -
a Ferris wheel
at the pier near The Hague.
We need more than that. Where are
we at on who bought the ink?
In Amsterdam, one was a museum, one
was a 9-year-old into calligraphy
and a third one died last Tuesday
of a long-term illness.
OK, look further afield.
Look outside the city,
Left-handed, who have we got?
Uh, De Windt isn't -
checked with his PA.
Django Keet doesn't seem to be.
Tonie Alderlink isn't.
Cassie Davids isn't either.
Rita Wijngarden definitely is
a leftie, but her alibi checks out.
When Ruud Lipman went up in flames,
she was at a restaurant with friends
and that is confirmed.
We need to figure out who the next
target is and get to them first.
"GOD must die," but who is God?
God the creator.
God's gift.
God the the originator.
The sine qua non. It's Latin.
Any more of that and it'll be you
who meets his maker.
Good, good - maker, builder.
I've got a name for the ink
and an address
in The Hague, that's near the pier -
Ben Hawthorn.
Didn't you say 'Baruch'
was a variation on 'Ben'?
Yeah.
What about 'Spinoza'?
Where's that name from?
Espinosa.
It's Portuguese,
which means 'hawthorn'.
So Ben Hawthorn is Baruch Spinoza.
What? Our killer?
Check that address. Now!
Yeah.
Brad!
Step on it, will you?
for the next victim
God, maker, builder, inventor
Inventor?
Tonie Alderlink's an inventor.
A lot of rejected patents.
Trades as 'Great Original Design'.
GOD.
He's the next target.
- You sure this is the ink address?
- Yes. Come on.
Tonie?
Tonie! Have you seen To
Are you alright?
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, he thinks a Ben Hawthorn
sometimes works here
as a projectionist.
I just had some words
with Tonie, that's all.
Was there a row about the eviction?
About everything, him, us.
I need to think about Clara.
And Django.
Does Tonie know about you and Django?
No, I didn't think so,
but now I'm not so sure anymore.
Mr Hawthorn?
Where is he?
The pier near The Hague.
He grew up there. His parents
ran the old fairground there.
That was replaced
by the Ferris wheel, right?
Yeah. What's going on?
Is everything OK?
Hello?
Let's get the pier evacuated
just in case there's a "big bang".
Wow.
OK, thanks.
Dahlman's contacting the DSI.
What I don't get is why
Tonie Alderlink would be a target.
He's on the polder side, right?
Yeah.
It's all here.
Everything is here, Brad.
How could the killer know
Tonie Alderlink would come here
to reference it on a note?
I mean, how could they be sure?
The lens-grinder.
The what?
Spinoza's day job.
He was kicked out of his home,
exiled.
Got him.
Brad?
Spinoza wasn't
just a philosopher.
He was like an inventor.
It's a mirror image.
Tonie Alderlink
isn't just the next victim.
He's left-handed.
He's also the killer.
It's a bomb!
Go, go, go!
- Move! Move!
- Move! Move.
Stand aside!
Move, move!
Made it in time for the fireworks.
So you're the big bang.
Not just me.
Check for explosives -
the Ferris wheel.
Remain calm
and follow the instructions.
Please leave the pier now.
Remain calm
- Move out!
- Move! Move!
You lived here as a kid, right?
Yeah, till we were kicked out
and they built that.
Mum and Dad never got over it.
It took me years to find the polder.
And then evicted again,
another wheel about to be built.
The circle of life, hey?
Like Django says,
"Life sucks and then you die."
Yeah, well, no-one needs to.
I do. And guess what.
You're going to kill me
or I will blow them up.
Please leave the pier
and follow the instructions
of the police.
Move! Move!
Remain calm and leave the pier now.
Let's go.
Let's go, guys. Take positions.
- Let's go!
- Let's go, let's go!
Lucienne! What is it?
C4, I think.
I'm gonna need your screwdriver.
Leave the pier now.
Come on!
Boys, you can go.
Go! Check for more.
If I press this,
they go up and we go up.
How do I know the vest's real?
Want to risk it?
Shoot me.
Everything for a reason,
the notes, the quotes, even the ink.
All just to bring us here.
Yeah.
I want people to see what happens
to the little guy.
The establishment kills him.
To the powers that be,
we're all just ants,
ants that they can crush.
Shoot me!
What the hell? DSI?
They're on site.
I'm just talking to them.
It's all over the news.
He's live-streaming.
You know, generally speaking
I'd rather save lives
than take them.
I don't want to shoot you.
Quickly, quickly.
Let's go, let's go. Let's move.
Hurry through.
Move it. Quick, quick.
Lucienne! Are you, uh
You need to, um
Oh, my God, that is a lot of wires.
Think about your daughter.
It was Clara, wasn't it?
Don't talk about my family.
You don't know me.
You know nothing about me.
But I know what it's like
to wake every morning
and feel the weight of a burden.
Trust me.
DSI got a clear shot?
Then what are you waiting for?
Van der Valk.
Just tell me
you know which one to cut.
This one, I think.
You you think?
Oh, just cut 'em all.
Just cut 'em all!
If I do that, we'll all go up.
Right, you need to come and do
the next one.
Anna will leave me for Django
and she'll take Clara.
And I can't bear that.
I knew that if we lost the case
that would be the end, I'd
I'd lose everything.
I have nothing,
no-one to live for.
So come on. Do me a favour.
Put me out of my misery.
I've had enough!
Wait.
No!
Wait.
You kill them
you're no better than the rest.
Let them take the shot.
Not until I'm sure Piet wants it.
Do it!
"One should not mock,
regret, condemn
"..but understand human action."
That's your man - Spinoza.
An inventor like you.
Evicted like you.
Betrayed like you.
You know, the difference is
he didn't quit.
He continued.
He led a meaningful life.
I don't think you've got it in you
to kill innocent people.
I killed the others.
Shoot me.
Push the button.
Push it.
Or hand it over.
Is he mad? Let them take the shot.
No, he knows what he's doing.
Press it
or give it to me.
What?
Ludlow, take the shot.
Target in sight.
Take the shot. Now.
No! No, no, no!
Linked to the explosives.
But the vest was fake.
Well, the explosives weren't.
Turns out God couldn't kill himself.
He needed us for that.
There you go.
10-1 says Lucienne
can drink you under the table.
Good.
10-1 says Lucienne
can drink you under the table!
Great.
You told them about
the bomb squad, I take it?
Might have slipped out.
Well done.
Well, it wasn't just me.
It was team work.
No-one went to church
Did you know Job lied to us?
Claims he was looking after his mum
when she died years ago.
Piet?
I'm sorry about earlier.
No, it's not your fault.
So where have you been? With Lena?
No. No, there's a new girl in town.
Yeah! Sit. Good girl, good girl.
This is Sniffer.
The latest reject police dog.
Trained in drug detection,
but partial to marijuana.
She kept falling asleep on the job.
Very Amsterdam.
She was gonna be shown the door.
I'm very pleased for you.
Piet does commitment. Who knew?
Nope, she's a present
for you.
That way, I can keep
feeding her treats
whilst you shoulder
the responsibility.
Go on.
Hello, Sniffer.
I know!
Oh, sniffer.
You're gonna come
and live with me now.
Yeah, come here.
Good girl.
- Come on.
- Hey, Sniffer.
- Let's go to the coffee shop.
- Hello!
Good girl.
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Hey, Pookie.
Hi. Oh.
Hello.
Hello, I'm Katrin and this is Elen.
Jelena.
We just arrived from Thailand,
Do you know Amsterdam well? Huh?
Me?
Yeah.
Oh, you know, a bit.
Great.
Oh, cool.
Then you can help turn this
dull night into a fun night, no?
Oh, we love fun nights.
Do you? What makes you think I'm
qualified to give you a fun night?
Intuition.
Yeah.
So where would you wanna go?
Home?
Interesting.
That's the right answer. I like a
man who gets straight to the point.
Alone.
No.
No.
Listen, I've gotta go.
No, no, please.
That's so disappointing.
The night is so young.
Hey, babe. Sorry I'm late.
Everything OK?
'Cause for a minute there I thought
you might be chatting someone up.
Uh, no, he was just
giving us directions.
Uh goodbye.
You looked like you needed rescuing.
Don't we all?
Maybe I was playing hard to get.
Were you playing hard to get?
No. No, you're right, I'm
Maybe I needed some help.
Well, consider yourself helped.
Well, thank you for helping.
Lena.
Lena.
Mmm. Guess you're free to go now.
Yeah. Yeah, I guess so.
Paid that, I can just
I'd better go.
So, uh
I'm sorry.
Sorry.
The wanderer returns.
Good night, was it?
Yeah.
Yeah, it was, very.
You been waiting long?
No. Not long.
Right, get that down you.
You're gonna need it.
Uh, we've got tyre tracks
in and out of here,
and boot marks everywhere.
Like those ones there.
Good point. I'd say we're talking
white male, 5'10 ", maybe 5'11".
And judging by the width
of that step, I'd say mid-30s.
How'd you guess that?
I think she's describing you, Brad.
Hendrik.
Hey.
- What have we got?
- Not exactly sure.
There's an injection mark
on her right wrist.
Doesn't look like
your typical junkie.
You never can tell these days.
The cause of death
is possible poisoning
but I'll need toxicology to confirm.
What, killed somewhere else?
I'd say so.
Lividity on the anterior aspect
of the shoulders and torso
suggests that the body's been
on her stomach for a while,
so I'll have to do
a proper examination.
Yeah, most likely killed
somewhere else, brought here.
When?
Rigor mortis wearing off.
I'd say she'd been here
two or three days.
And this.
Well, there's no attempt
to hide her ID.
Name's Susie de Windt.
Solicitor at
De Windt, Koemen and Berg.
And lots of missed calls. Someone
was trying to get hold of her.
- Let's find out who.
- There's another thing.
Razor-sharp implement.
Surface wounds only.
Judging by the minimal blood loss,
definitely post-mortem.
Not frenzied.
I'd say it's a marker.
- Of what?
- 'X' marks the spot.
'10' in Roman numerals.
- The windmill?
- This might help.
"It's about ethics.
Where's XX?
"Follow the Philosopher's Eye."
A murderer with ethics,
that'd be a first.
Any ideas?
No.
Where's Cloovers when you need him?
It's gonna be OK.
It's gonna be OK.
It's gonna be OK.
Please let it be OK.
It will be. You did nothing wrong.
I killed someone.
You stepped in when a fellow officer
needed you. End of story.
Counselling going OK?
I think we should head in.
Let's get the note checked for
handwriting, paper, ink, anything.
Yeah, will do.
Victim has an 'X' carved into her,
and the note mentions a double 'X'.
So we could be looking for
a second body, right?
Yeah. It's a staged death.
Theatrical, cryptic notes left.
Maybe it's part of a bigger plan.
So what are we talking, then,
a proper nutjob?
They usually are.
Next of kin -
husband Roland de Windt,
senior partner at the same firm.
He's also a historian and polymath,
whatever he means by that.
It means he's smart.
Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
Excuse me, Roland de Windt?
Yep.
Is there somewhere private
we can go and talk?
Uh, yeah.
I'll be back in a minute.
Sure.
Step this way.
We'll need to ask you some
questions about your wife's cases.
Was she working on
anything controversial,
any disgruntled clients,
anyone with a grudge?
Not that I know of.
And when did you last see her?
Um, three days ago.
And when she didn't come home,
didn't you think that was odd?
Well, yeah, but I didn't think
I didn't think this.
Well, what did you think?
That she might've gone to visit
friends, relatives.
Anyone else?
Does your wife normally disappear
off radar for three days?
No. And I was concerned, obviously.
But not enough to ring her.
Had you had a row?
No.
- I'm pretty sure I did ring her.
- No.
She had 37 missed calls,
mainly work-related,
but not one of them was from you.
I've been snowed under.
I just didn't get round to it.
Your wife's body, it was found
at a wind farm outside of town.
Does that make any sense to you?
No. Sorry.
How'd you get hurt?
Fell playing squash.
It's my escape.
Yeah, that's great.
PA confirmed Roland de Windt
does play squash.
Also hinted that all maybe
wasn't well in the marriage.
It's odd that he didn't
ring his wife, right?
Especially if he killed her.
I mean, if he killed her,
he would've rung her, wouldn't he?
To cover his tracks.
Where are we at
on Susie de Windt's movements?
The morning she died,
she got a bus back to the city
from Sporenburg at 7:06am.
Sporenburg's a long way from home.
What was she doing there?
Hey, Lena.
Hello. Hi.
You answered your phone.
Well, it's rude not to.
Hm. Never stopped you before.
I'm impressed.
It's almost functional.
Does she know what you do
for a living?
No.
Busy?
- Dating app, Brad?
- Dating app. As if.
Yeah. Yeah, alright.
But I'll have you know
it's 'cause I'm picky.
You know you're on a site where the
women do the picking? Just saying.
- What have we got?
- Site's secured.
No reports of a second stiff
or missing person.
You cracked the note yet?
Well, within a whisker, yeah.
That's a no, then.
Susie de Windt's current case load.
Now, the land is owned by the city,
but was in the news recently.
Bunch of artist squatters -
polder rebels -
were due to be relocated there.
They were living on disused land
in the city for years,
but lost their battle against
eviction four days ago.
Were offered the land as an
alternative but refused point blank.
That's a long way from the city.
The land is contaminated.
And there's plans to extend industry
all up round there.
The polder case is
one of Susie de Windt's.
She's the lawyer who won it for
the city against the squatters.
Hello.
Exonerated.
Yeah!
Well done, mate.
That's our boy.
Not that we recognise you
Anything I need to know about?
Nah. Usual.
That's vague,
even by your own standards.
Is there anything
I need to know about?
Yeah.
No.
..because we need you pronto.
You thought about
getting another dog yet?
Trojan was the one and only for me.
I'm not the only one
missing him, right?
Why don't you get yourself
a dog, Piet?
Nah. Too much like commitment.
Where are we at
on the polder squatters?
Artists community.
Not just squatters.
It's actually a really
interesting case.
We've got loads of information,
thanks to Susie de Windt's files -
pictures, newspaper clippings.
They're winning the case,
Susie de Windt gets them evicted.
So the great unwashed take revenge
on the lawyer that shafted them.
Hardly the great unwashed, Brad.
Amsterdam has a long noble
tradition of squatting.
And I've got nothing
against squatting,
especially if I'm caught short
in the middle of the woods.
But not everyone wants
a bunch of "artists"
dirtying up their front doorstep.
You two, get down there.
Names, agitators, usual stuff.
I'm guessing the polder lot
had a lawyer, the one who lost.
Cassie Davids.
OK, you and me, let's go and speak
to her, see what she's got to say.
Could you ever live here?
Could you?
Pfft.
Not a chance.
I thought they lost the case.
We did. We're celebrating anyway.
We're proud of everything
that we've achieved here.
And we've got a few days
before we have to leave, so
So, uh, what's the set-up here,
then, anyway?
What, are you all artists
and, uh unemployed?
We all do different things.
Right. Well, what about you?
Me? A bit of everything.
Film buff, photographer,
mainly an inventor,
and here is my latest
and it's one of my best.
It's a homemade rum. Try it.
Ooh, way too early.
Daddy, Daddy!
Oh, monster.
Actually, we need to ask some
questions about the court case.
OK, yeah, sure. Come and join us.
Talk to anyone you want.
Ethics, ethics.
"Follow the Philosopher's Eye."
Any ideas?
You're our resident genius.
I'm more of a stat man.
Maybe it's a quote.
Like a hidden message
or a riddle or something?
Can't be doing with
all the mind games myself.
It's here.
Oi!
Cassie Davids.
Yeah, but now's not a good time.
Actually, now's a perfect time.
You've got a lot of boxes here.
You going somewhere?
Oh, sharp observational skills.
Any more insights, Commissaris?
I reckon you're not teetotal
and maybe you didn't make it home
last night.
Did you go anywhere special?
I can't remember.
But I'm done here. I'm fed up
with the system, the defeats.
I got cynical. It's time to quit.
Susie de Windt's been murdered.
We think her death might be connected
to the polder case.
Are you accusing
my former clients of murder?
Are you targeting them because
they have an alternative lifestyle?
Would I?
I don't know. Would you?
Mrs De Windt was last seen the day
that she won the case
and then she was found dead
in the field
that the city
want to send the community to.
So, we think it's reasonable
to suspect a connection to them
or to you.
Wouldn't you say?
So, how long have you lived here?
My whole life.
Hey.
Hey.
What's the quote?
What? This?
"The wound is the place
where the light gets in."
Rumi.
That's interesting.
So, uh, where are you going to
move everyone?
Oh, something will come up.
Some of you must be pretty hacked
off with the result, right?
Mm, yeah,
we were sort of expecting it.
Why are you asking?
Susie de Windt, the lawyer who acted
against you, has been killed.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this.
We're gonna need a list
of everyone who lives here.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
Yeah, I'll
Great, thank you.
Susie was a decent-enough lawyer -
a bit by-the-book for me,
but, believe me,
I'm not the killing type.
Look, we should have won.
Now my clients have to suffer
because of a legal system more
concerned with money than people.
So, what happened?
The good guys lost.
It happens all the time.
What's gonna happen to the land
that they're on now?
Uh, the city are leasing it
to a consortium.
They're gonna build
a tourist attraction.
Like we need another one.
Oh, there you go!
Yeah, could have told you that.
Oh! Are you mad?
I thought you said
you weren't the killing type.
Oh, I have my moments.
That is definitely
against building regulations.
You ever come across
Susie de Windt's husband?
Yeah. He was in court
most of the time.
Why?
I don't know. You're the detective.
Check her out, find out about
the consortium she mentioned.
Ethics.
Ethics!
I'm gonna need a bit more than that.
I was coming at it from
the left side of my brain -
analytically, logically -
whereas with puzzles,
you have to engage
both sides of the brain
simultaneously.
'Ethics' - it's a treatise
on the metaphysical.
It's a what?
It's a book, Brad.
Baruch Spinoza.
Baruch?
Also known as Benedictus or Ben.
Well, he doesn't look like
your usual suspect, does he?
1632 to 1677.
'Ethics' is his most famous book
and he's our best-known philosopher.
Well, I'm still none the wiser.
Literally a lover of wisdom,
like you.
What did he believe in?
Solutions to pretty much everything
based on
monistic metaphysics.
How did you get on with
the polder rebels?
We got a list of everyone who lives
there. We're just checking them out.
Oh, starting with that
tattooed bloke. He loved a quote.
How was the defence lawyer?
Volatile.
"Where's the XX?
"Philosopher's Eye."
What does it all mean?
Like, EYE Film Institute?
Red-light district? One-eyed jack?
What?
Really?
There's a statue of Spinoza
down by the Amstel.
So, what's he looking at?
The Munt Tower?
Bridge? Houseboats?
Let's get the divers down there.
Well, there's no signs of bloating,
skin slippage or wrinkling.
You done Susie de Windt's autopsy?
You know, I was just about to
and I got dragged down here.
Patience is a virtue, Piet.
Yeah, time waits for no man.
I did hear back from the
graphologist about the ink, though.
Made from
oak gall.
I mean, this is the stuff that
Shakespeare would have written with,
that Leonardo da Vinci
would have drawn with
when he wasn't filling his studio
with inflated intestines.
Clever lad, that one.
That Spinoza would have used?
Presumably. Rare as hen's teeth.
Find out who makes it.
And one other thing, whoever wrote
that note was 'sinistra' in Latin -
where the word 'sinister'
comes from.
Yeah, and for those
that don't speak Latin?
Left-handed. 1 in 10, apparently.
Right, let's get her on her front.
Go on, then.
No ID on her.
I've checked her pockets.
At least there's no note
on this one.
Not on her, Brad.
In her.
"When a man is prey to his emotions,
he is not his own master."
Spinoza again.
Why this obsession
with a dead philosopher?
"Tick tock. Who owns the city?
The Fire Stealers."
You got any ideas?
Don't look at me.
Why does a killer leave notes
anyway? Does he wanna get caught?
"Tick tock." That worries me.
So, who's got the third 'X'?
Maybe it's me?
What if we're dealing with
a serial killer? They like puzzles.
They kill at least three or more.
I've got some notes
on serial killers here.
76% of the time, they're male,
but that's just stats.
Um, there's no strict rules,
but they would tend to be a loner -
antisocial, solitary,
smooth-talking yet insincere,
egocentric and grandiose
with a lack of empathy
for anybody else's feelings.
Could be pretty much anyone,
couldn't it?
He was in de Windt's office.
Who is he?
Oh, Ruud Lipman.
He's the head of the consortium
that gets the polder people's land.
Alright, speak to him,
see what he knows.
Your tattoo - city flag, right?
Of course. Amsterdam.
So, we've got a dead lawyer
who represented the city
and an unidentified body with a note.
Who owns the city?
I don't know who owns it,
but I know a man
who wrote a book about it.
Your office said I'd find you here.
What, is it another escape?
Not long after your wife
was found murdered.
Have you found out
who killed Susie yet?
Oh, no, yet.
How was your marriage?
Got any complaints?
My marriage was fine, thanks.
Yours?
Never got that far.
Your wife spent her last night out
near Sporenburg.
You know anything about that?
Could she have been having an affair?
I don't know.
What do any of us ever really know
about each other?
That could almost be a Spinoza quote.
You've got a chapter on him in there.
You a fan?
He's a great thinker.
Your mother never tell you
it's rude to stare?
Not anymore.
So, what does Spinoza
have to do with my wife's death?
A note was left near her body
referencing 'Ethics'.
A second body's turned up,
another Spinoza quote there.
You're a bit of an expert.
I do hope that's not your only line
of inquiry, Commissaris.
Oh, it's not.
No, there's a couple more.
Ruud Lipman.
You know him?
Only through Susie.
What was he doing at your office?
Well, I assume
he was there to see her.
About the case?
Yeah.
According to Cassie Davids,
you were in court a lot. Why?
To support Susie.
But you said
you didn't know the wind farm
where your wife's body was found
and yet
moving the polder community there,
well, that was a key part
of the case.
Well, I wasn't in court every day
and if the wind farm
meant something to me,
why on earth wouldn't I tell you?
That's been troubling me too.
Why would you lie?
Unless that's just,
uh, a lawyer thing.
You don't know me.
No, but I know me and that helps.
Are you investigating
my wife's murder
or are you
pointing the finger at me?
I'd be very careful if I were you.
Is that a threat?
Free legal advice. Rare these days.
I'm enjoying it.
Will you sign it?
Are you serious?
Not always, but most of the time.
Are we done
or you gonna join me in the sauna?
We're done, and I've seen enough,
thanks. For now.
Terrible about Susie.
You caught the bastard yet?
Uh, we're still working on it.
You were due to meet her yesterday.
Is that right?
Yes. Yes, that's right.
I, uh I wanted to thank her.
Her winning the case gives us
the green light to develop the land.
Uh, to build a tourist attraction?
A little bit
more than that, gentlemen.
The Amsterdam Eye, the largest
observation wheel in Europe.
Here you go.
More questions?
Remind you of anything?
Yep, the writing on the notes.
What sort of ink do you use?
A Japanese one mainly.
You know anything about oak gall ink?
Yeah, it's for manuscripts,
isn't it?
How did you get on
with Susie de Windt?
I didn't.
Yeah, we heard about that.
She had a case against you.
Harassment, wasn't it?
No, stitch-up.
There's one law for them
and another for us.
She had spies crawling everywhere,
trying to find anything they could
use against us, so I hit back.
How?
By following her,
see how she liked it.
But they turned that
to their advantage
and slapped an injunction on me.
That can't have gone down well
with you.
Life sucks and then you die.
That's not a Spinoza quote,
by any chance?
How do you use these things?
Why are you so interested?
Why?
'Cause I've got two dead bodies
with two notes,
both written with something like this
and I'd like to see one in action,
if you'd care to show me.
You mind if I check the ink?
No.
OK.
OK.
Thank you.
We need to keep an eye on
the polder lot.
Let's get some officers down there,
unmarked cars, round the clock.
Do you have to?
Well, it's not like
it's gonna wake anybody up, is it?
Check the ink.
Right. First things first.
No signs of sexual assault
on either victim,
but the 'X's both carved with
the same or very similar implement
with not one, but two cutting edges.
Cheese slicer?
Possible.
Cause of death,
internal haemorrhaging
leading to multi-organ failure
triggered by a massive injection
of an anticoagulant
often found in cases of rodenticide.
That's, uh, rat poison to you.
And also these small localised areas
of bruising
on either side
of the muscles on her neck.
So, there's one on the right -
that's probably the thumb -
and three, four on the left -
the fingers.
A left-hander, then.
Well, done with the left, sure,
but it doesn't necessarily
mean left-handed, does it?
There's also similar areas
of bruising
on the inside of her left bicep
as if she'd been grabbed
or gripped tightly.
The yellow-brownish discolouration
suggests it's historic.
Could that predate and be unconnected
to her death?
Could indeed.
You thinking
her husband's hand injury?
Yeah, maybe.
And as for this one,
well, pretty fresh.
Comparing the diatoms in the tissue
to the sample I took in the river,
it's not the same.
She drowned somewhere else,
although I did detect the presence
of fish faeces in her lungs.
Take your time. It's no rush.
We hate to bother you.
Oh, not at all.
But far from it.
You're always welcome down here.
Oh, yeah, we've got a match
for her DNA.
Her name is Juliana Holt.
You wouldn't happen to have
an address as well, would you?
Commissaris,
your wish is my command.
Get a snap of that.
Enjoy.
Thanks.
Juliana Holt, 33,
set up her own PR company.
Very right-on, very alternative.
What was she doing on our database?
Arrested at an environmental
protest march about three years ago.
Is that yours?
Yeah.
Nice!
What did do you pay for it?
Wanna buy it? 1,000 euro.
Give me the camera!
No!
There's an 'X'.
Another one here.
Right, let's turn this off.
Um
Hey, I think the police
are watching us.
I need the keys to Tonie's workshop.
You stay here, sweetheart?
What did the police want earlier?
Don't worry about them.
Everything's gonna be fine.
He's toying with us.
Pages are from 'Ethics'.
There's got to be a connection
between Juliana Holt
and Susie de Windt, right?
You'd think so.
According to her website,
Juliana Holt
specialises in promoting
the tolerant, liberal city
of free spirit that she loves -
Amsterdam.
Maybe she's mates
with the polder lot.
We got her computer bagged yet?
Yeah, it's already with Tech.
And the car outside is hers,
by the way.
Mm. Modest apartment,
brand-new vehicle.
Either it's family money or that's
got to be on finance, right?
Yeah, I'll check.
How did you get on
with Django Keet's ink?
It's not oak gall.
Not used to write the notes.
Any ideas?
Maybe.
Spinoza was Amsterdam born and bred,
expelled age 23 for
heretical beliefs by his community,
betrayed and exiled.
The story of my life.
Expelled from school,
numerous bars, three marriages.
I could go on.
Yeah.
Yeah, maybe it's not about
the philosophy.
Maybe it's about the man himself.
Come in.
Sir.
So, when were you going to tell us
we might have a serial killer
on our hands?
When I knew for sure we do.
The papers seem to think so.
Since when do we take
any notice of them?
Notes, Spinoza quotes.
Should we be worried? Is this some
grand-plan master murderer?
Well, he's pretty up himself,
I'll give him that.
'Narcissist', I believe is the term.
Are there going to be more victims?
Not if we allow the team
to get on with their job.
Right, Piet?
Right.
Oh, one more thing.
Stop pissing off lawyers, will you?
De Windt rang me to complain.
Great about the hearing.
Your mum must be relieved.
Yeah, very.
Let's get out of here.
Chief's breathing down our necks.
We've drawn a blank on why
Susie de Windt was in Sporenburg.
My money's on her
having an affair, but
What's out there anyway?
Just a load of new housing, right?
Yeah, just social and domestic.
A few shops, businesses, charities,
that sort of thing.
What sort of charities?
Um, children's and a women's refuge.
Victims of domestic abuse.
Hendrik said she had
some historic bruising.
See if she contacted them.
Sure.
Juliana Holt.
Well, you were right about the car.
No family money, parents both dead,
and a brother who seemed to think
SHE was struggling for money.
Did she lease it?
Mm, bought outright.
Checking to see
if the sale's on camera.
Maybe she's got a rich partner.
Maybe. Any link to the polder lot?
No, nothing obvious on the computer.
Right, you coming or what?
Same time next week?
Yes, about that
We're both grown-ups, right?
This seeing each other
It's all part of the game.
Sleeping with the enemy.
Trying to get an angle?
We had some fun.
We did.
We move on?
Water under the bridge.
Ships that pass in the night.
Good.
I knew you'd understand.
Ja. Yo, that's it.
That's it!
I've got it!
Uh, look. Um
Look.
Yeah, now's a bit early
to be turning to drink.
It's a nice beer, though.
No, what do you see?
Is that a trick question?
What were you taught
that the three 'X's
in the Amsterdam flag stood for?
Triple 'X' - bad-ass city.
Did you even go to school?
Yeah but not all the time.
These are the three trials
our city had to go through.
The flood.
Yeah.
Plague.
Fire.
Right. Precisely.
So, victim number one,
Susie de Windt.
Rat poison. Plague.
Victim number two, Juliana Holt.
Drowned. Flood.
Victim number three
Is gonna be killed by fire.
Yes. The Fire Stealer,
whoever that is.
Prometheus.
The Fire Stealer. Prometheus.
Yes, yes, Prometheus.
Prometheus stole fire from the gods
and brought it to mankind
and, as punishment, had his liver
plucked out by vultures.
So, the next victim's a Greek god?
Admittedly, I don't
have it all figured out yet.
Ruud Lipman.
Ruud Lipman. Ruud Lipman.
Ruud Lipman.
Is a Greek god?
Uh No. No, no.
His consortium. That's Prometheus.
Good. Let's go.
Frank, enjoy.
Thank you.
I didn't order a pizza.
Press another.
Here we go.
Go! The killer can't be far!
Job, where are you?
You two OK?
Yeah. Few minutes earlier,
would've had him.
Exactly. He's getting careless.
He's messing with us,
trying to prove a point.
What about?
I don't know.
Amsterdam maybe.
We've got a lawyer
who represented the city,
a PR woman who championed it
and a developer
who's transforming it.
Susie de Windt and Ruud Lipman
knew each other, right?
Yeah, and we're checking
to see if Lipman's
got any properties in Sporenburg
where we think she spent
her last night.
So how does Juliana Holt fit in?
She doesn't. Well, so far.
Shame we don't get paid
by the crime scene, hm?
He's got three 'X's on his back,
this time before death.
Painful. Sadistic even.
Yeah, or pragmatic. He couldn't
do it once the guy was on fire.
- Cameras?
- Disabled.
I take it we've discussed the, uh
the elephant in the room?
Logically, this guy will have a note
somewhere about his personage
telling us the whereabouts
of the next victim.
If there is one.
There's three 'X's on the flag.
What if he's stopped,
mission accomplished?
I don't think so.
Well, either way, you can't perform
an autopsy on someone
while they're still alive.
Yes, but we can do a scan.
No, I'm not asking the family of
a burns victim fighting for his life
if we can poke around with his body.
Well, what if a life depends on it?
I said no!
The medical team won't let you
anywhere near him anyway
while they're trying
to keep him alive.
We'll have to think again.
Mm Mm-hm. Yeah.
Well, that's good.
Thanks.
Brilliant. Great.
Here you go.
Can you mute that, please?
No, he can't.
It might be a hot match.
I got a hot match for you, Brad.
That was Tech. Juliana Holt
was on your dating site.
Really?
The last text on her phone was
about a date with Rita Wijngarden.
Possibly the last person
to see her alive.
Oh, God, yeah!
I've seen her on a few of my apps.
How many are you on?
Nine.
Covering your bets?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here we are, Rita Wijngarden.
Yeah. "About you".
She's an artist, bisexual,
and then her hobbies include
HierHieronymus Bosch.
Sculpture and Whoa.
Spinoza or serial killing?
Ink-making.
Ask her on a date.
What, Brad
and a potential serial killer?
It's a match made in heaven.
I mean, to be honest,
I think I've dated
a couple of those already.
Well, can't I just
You know, can we bring her in
for questioning or something?
I mean, she could end up being
Jacqueline the Ripper or something.
Well, I figured you like them feisty.
Besides, our killer's smart.
If it is her and we bring her in,
she'll be ready for us
whereas an innocent date,
that might get us an inside track.
Yeah, it might get my liver eaten
with chianti and fava beans as well.
Yeah, one for the team.
I mean, it's your call.
"All things excellent
"are as difficult as they are rare."
Lens-grinder by day,
philosopher by night.
He would've made a good detective.
Well, someone's not happy.
Um Uh, yeah, a couple of things.
Um, that was a women's refuge.
They want to talk
about Susie de Windt.
It's a bit weird,
someone like her contacting them.
Well, I don't see why.
A vulnerable woman's a vulnerable
woman from any walk of life.
I'll speak to them.
And the problem?
Rita Wijngarden's agreed to a date.
Excellent. Get you wired up, then.
Not gone off the idea, have ya?
Well, I've just looked her up
on another couple of apps
and she's got an IQ of 146.
Wow! That's almost genius level.
That's even higher than
Yeah, yeah,
and she's a master in jujitsu.
Well, you better not upset her, then.
Piet, might have something.
I've just been sent footage
of Juliana Holt buying her car.
Look who was with her.
Juliana Holt, friend of yours?
Name doesn't ring any bells.
There we go again,
doing that lying thing.
It's becoming a bit of a habit.
You were with her when
she bought a brand-new car.
That's
That she couldn't afford.
Bit younger than you, isn't she?
It's none of your business.
We fished her out of the Amstel,
so it's become my business.
She won't be needing the car anymore
whereas you need
to start explaining - now.
We were friends. That's all.
You normally buy friends a new car?
We were having an affair.
Got a problem with that?
Me? No, no.
I got a problem with her
being dead, though,
like your wife.
Did she know you were
having an affair?
Could she be having an affair
with Ruud Lipman?
That you didn't take kindly to?
I told you, I don't know what
my wife was up to and vice versa.
Oh, that's right, yeah.
You didn't ring her for three days.
Where were you between
9:00 and 10:00 yesterday evening?
At 10:00? Oh, I was visiting Susie's
relatives, offering my condolences.
They live down south.
Very thoughtful.
We can check.
Be my guest.
Right, you can see
You all wired up?!
Yeah, I'm wired alright.
Dunno why I have to be, though.
It might cramp my style,
all you lot listening in
to the master at work.
We'll all be there.
Nothing will happen.
Well, I mean, it's unlikely.
Right.
Ruud Lipman, still in hospital,
70% burns and organ damage.
Well, De Windt's sister-in-law
confirmed he went to see her
yesterday evening.
I mean, he could've
got back in time to kill
if he'd driven like a madman.
Let's see if we can pick him up
on motorway cameras.
OK.
Django Keet's still in the frame.
He went AWOL from the polder around
the time Lipman went up in flames.
How do we know that?
Surveillance officers on the ground.
Said they only realised
once he'd returned.
Must have slipped out a back way
like he knew we was watching.
You sure my pay grade stretches
as far as dating
potential serial killers?
With an almost superhuman intellect
and the ability to snap you
in half like a twig.
Not helping.
Watch out if she's left-handed
and orders a cheese board.
Yeah, really not helping!
Actually you're right.
I'd never ask you to do something
that I wouldn't do myself.
If you're not up for this,
I could throw my hat in the ring.
No, it's alright. I can, um
I'm prepared to give it a go.
You know, sometimes even
to live is an act of courage.
Spinoza.
Seneca, the stoic.
Brad,
we're just 'round the corner.
We can be there in a minute.
Two minutes.
Five tops. Five, we'll be there.
Yeah, you're meant
to be calming me down.
I have calmed you down.
Right, Job's gone ahead.
Just get on with it.
Oh, yeah, fine.
So Bambi's got my back.
Yeah, great, great.
Yeah, I know.
Let's go.
OK.
Hi, Rita? Um, nice to, um, meet you.
You, uh, look, um, very, um
like your profile picture,
which is always a good thing.
Um, can I, um Sorry.
Could I get, um, two beers
and some snacks
for the table as well, please?
Yeah, that's OK.
Um
So, um, do you come here often?
Yes, I like it here.
Yeah, it's nice.
So I I gather you make ink.
No exactly subtle, is he?
That's a thing I do, yeah.
Oh, cool.
Why? Do you?
No, no.
No, I didn't even know you could
Why kind do you make?
Well, there's a few.
Oak gall?
That's that's the stuff
that Shakespeare
and, um,
Leonardo DiCaprio used, right?
Wow. "The master."
How do you know that?
Oh, well, not just
a pretty face.
Oh, but I just
I read, um, lots of
It just sticks in
my brain like pointless information.
Um, uh
Enjoy.
Cheers.
So you're, um, left-handed?
That's very, um, Sinatra.
Um, that's where we get
the word 'sinister' from.
Do you always talk this much?
Only when I'm nervous.
Um
I'm new to this dating stuff,
if I'm honest.
Um, a friend of mine put me
onto it, Juliana Holt.
Ju Juliana.
Juliana Holt?
What, you you know her?
Yeah, I met her.
No way!
Yeah.
I came here with her, actually.
Oh! How did that date go?
You're not the ink person, are you?
No, I I thought
you were the ink person.
Juliana was told about me
by someone who bought my ink.
Thought we might be a good fit.
But, uh
Did you get a name?
Why are you quizzing me?
Well, I mean, was it a boy, girl?
Who was it?
I think I better go.
Weirdo.
What
Do we let her go?
Commissaris Van der Valk.
Inspector Hassell.
We need to speak with you
about Juliana Holt.
What's this?
It's a murder investigation.
I'm sorry, but Juliana Holt
was killed the night of your date
and we think you might have been
the last person to see her alive.
The person that suggested you to her,
the one who bought ink,
did Juliana mention who it was?
Uh, no. Someone she knew.
Was it a man or a woman or
She didn't say.
Have you ever sold ink
to either of these two men?
I sell this all over the world.
It's all done online.
OK, do you keep a record
of everyone you sell to?
I post it, so I've probably
got a list somewhere.
Is it OK if these two come
and get a list of them now?
Hi.
Really?
Our car's just
around the corner.
Yep.
And this is my colleague Brad,
who you've obviously met.
OK, when?
Right, yep.
Lena?
Nope, hospital.
Ruud Lipman died.
We need to find Hendrik.
I'll find the list.
I like your art.
It's a very
strong use of colour.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Very, um, Hieronymus Bosch.
Uh, any chance I can use your, um
You know, all them beers.
On your left, downstairs.
So you want me to print it?
Yes, please,
if you could, thank you.
Hendrik.
We need you in the morgue.
You found the keys, then.
Didn't find the light switch.
It's here.
I'll show you round if you want.
That's the helm.
That's the compass.
And that's the throttle.
What exactly do you do?
I clean up other people's mess.
Hey.
Sorry. I've, uh I've gotta go.
I didn't want to wake you. I was
Oh, no, no. Sure.
Just, uh, give me five minutes
and I'll be out of here.
There's no need. There's no need.
You can, um
stay.
Just be careful if you take her
out on the water.
The sails can be a bit tricky.
I'll bear that in mind.
Job the Pope.
What are you doing here?
Oh, I never leave home without one.
Um, I was working late
and then Frank started
telling me his life story.
Oh, you need some
strong coffee, then, huh?
Oh, join the queue.
- Hey, Frankie.
- Hi.
Frank, thank you.
How'd you get on with that list
of people who bought the ink?
I'm still working on it.
Rita Wijngarden's art
is very dark. 'X' motifs.
Brad almost passed out.
He's, uh, checking on her alibi now.
The name Cassie Davids
mean anything?
Said she'll meet you there.
Find out where Django Keet went
when he left the polder
the day before yesterday.
Will do. You?
I've got a date with Cassie Davids.
What would Lena say?
Told her what you do yet?
Yes.
And Lena?
She's a doctor, OK?
She deals with the living.
I deal with the dead.
You're late, which is rude.
You shouldn't keep people waiting.
You shouldn't stalk people
late at night either.
What do you want? I'm on a deadline.
I thought I'd save you the trouble
of tracking me down,
thought I'd offer myself up
for an in-depth interview.
Well, I'm touched. Why?
Two of the victims
are linked to the case I lost.
But not Juliana Holt.
Still, I must at least
be high on the list of suspects,
particularly since I had a quickie
in a hotel with Ruud Lipman
just hours before he died.
Oh, you're good!
I put myself high on the list
of potential suspects
and you barely flicker.
Well, I'm pretty sure
you'll have your defence prepared.
Well, why would
I meet Ruud in a hotel
if I was gonna kill him
a short time later?
It depends what happened
in the hotel.
I've seen what you can do
with a heel.
I haven't got time to play games.
Oh, don't say that.
You can't imagine the images
I'm conjuring up in my mind.
Oh, I was at least hoping
to get handcuffed.
Maybe later.
Django Keet's not at home?
No, sorry. I haven't seen him today.
So no idea where he is?
Uh, no. No, sorry,
I haven't seen him.
What do you guys do
about security around here?
- Have you got cameras?
- Yeah, yeah, some.
When we realised De Windt,
Koeman and Berg were watching us,
the committee asked me
to rig something up.
Hm, figures.
Do you know where Django might be?
Yeah
Ooh! Go to your Mummy.
He's gone to see De Windt.
He said he'd found something out
and was "going De Windt hunting
once and for all".
Hello, sir.
How can I help you?
Is De Windt here?
Do you have an appointment?
- Excuse me?
- De Windt!
Excuse me, sir, do you Oh!
De Windt!
I'm onto you!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Relax, relax Oh!
Calm. Calm down.
Calm down, alright? We we can
talk this through, alright?
Look. Just back off! Hey!
- I'll kill you!
- Freeze!
We know you snuck out of the polder
the day before yesterday.
Where did you go?
To see him?
That's a nice photo.
Not so nice.
He's the one that was
gonna build on your land.
And here's who won him that chance.
I mean, you can see
where we're heading.
You have no idea what De Windt
has done, have you?
He's messed with our lives.
Everyone has.
Chew you up and spit you out.
De Windt would stop at nothing.
He fixed the case against us.
I just needed confirmation,
so I beat the truth out
of the deputy mayor's sidekick
and he won't have reported it
on account of taking
De Windt's bribes,
but he'll have ended up in hospital.
That's where I was.
Before.
After.
Do you know her?
Yeah.
I, uh, might have seen her
at the polder, yeah.
And what was she doing there?
She was doing the the PR.
She helped with the case.
She was all for promoting
the city's alternative lifestyles.
Well, there's no record
of that on her computer
or mention of her in the case.
Piet?
He's telling the truth.
The assistant deputy mayor
was admitted to hospital.
Alright, we'll charge him with that.
And get Tech to look
at Juliana Holt's deleted files.
OK, will do.
And Dahlman wants you to meet her
at De Windt's members' club.
Good. I want to speak to him anyway.
Brace yourself.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
It's about the state
of your marriage.
Oh, it's too early for me
to start dating, I'm afraid.
You really don't do it for me,
I'm afraid.
And I visited a women's refuge
in Sporenburg, Mr De Windt,
which provides refuge for women
escaping domestic violent.
Your wife was staying with them
while they found her an apartment.
Utter fantasy.
And the deep tissue
bruising my pathologist
found on your wife's body?
Utter fantasy too?
Like the injury to your hand?
Your wife had one beating too many.
Or perhaps forcing her to accept
corruption was the final straw.
Hearsay and slander.
Your wife left a detailed testimony
outlining exactly
what happened to her
and a list of bribes you paid
to keep people at city hall.
You bought the case for Ruud Lipman,
presumably in return for money,
like you bought
Juliana Holt's silence.
My tech team just found
her deleted PR report.
It's a glowing defence
of the polder community.
It never surfaced.
But a flash car did.
You weren't going out with her
at all, were you? Purely business.
Did you kill her?
Your wife?
What about Lipman?
Yep. Hendrik, what have you got?
Now might be a good time
to call a lawyer.
It's time to get dressed.
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Come on.
That note was found
in Ruud Lipman's stomach.
There's no Spinoza this time,
but valiant, steadfast
and compassionate like the 'X's.
"GOD must die.
Big bang at high noon."
Yeah, I like this note. Huh.
"Littorally."
It's not every day
you get to save God, is it?
Not that I am. That's your job.
But, uh, I have every faith, Piet.
Godspeed.
Right, how long have
we got till high noon?
1 hour 47 minutes.
It's 46 minutes now.
Where's Dahlman?
Briefing the chief at city hall.
OK, "One more big bang. GOD must
die at high noon. Littorally."
It's spelled wrong.
No, it's a different word.
With an 'O', it means 'shoreline'.
Right, so what have we
got at a shoreline?
Nothing concrete.
Just give me something.
OK, well, look. Ruud Lipman is from
something of a property dynasty.
His plan for the polder land,
the Amsterdam Eye,
is actually just a bigger version of
something his dad did decades ago -
a Ferris wheel
at the pier near The Hague.
We need more than that. Where are
we at on who bought the ink?
In Amsterdam, one was a museum, one
was a 9-year-old into calligraphy
and a third one died last Tuesday
of a long-term illness.
OK, look further afield.
Look outside the city,
Left-handed, who have we got?
Uh, De Windt isn't -
checked with his PA.
Django Keet doesn't seem to be.
Tonie Alderlink isn't.
Cassie Davids isn't either.
Rita Wijngarden definitely is
a leftie, but her alibi checks out.
When Ruud Lipman went up in flames,
she was at a restaurant with friends
and that is confirmed.
We need to figure out who the next
target is and get to them first.
"GOD must die," but who is God?
God the creator.
God's gift.
God the the originator.
The sine qua non. It's Latin.
Any more of that and it'll be you
who meets his maker.
Good, good - maker, builder.
I've got a name for the ink
and an address
in The Hague, that's near the pier -
Ben Hawthorn.
Didn't you say 'Baruch'
was a variation on 'Ben'?
Yeah.
What about 'Spinoza'?
Where's that name from?
Espinosa.
It's Portuguese,
which means 'hawthorn'.
So Ben Hawthorn is Baruch Spinoza.
What? Our killer?
Check that address. Now!
Yeah.
Brad!
Step on it, will you?
for the next victim
God, maker, builder, inventor
Inventor?
Tonie Alderlink's an inventor.
A lot of rejected patents.
Trades as 'Great Original Design'.
GOD.
He's the next target.
- You sure this is the ink address?
- Yes. Come on.
Tonie?
Tonie! Have you seen To
Are you alright?
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, he thinks a Ben Hawthorn
sometimes works here
as a projectionist.
I just had some words
with Tonie, that's all.
Was there a row about the eviction?
About everything, him, us.
I need to think about Clara.
And Django.
Does Tonie know about you and Django?
No, I didn't think so,
but now I'm not so sure anymore.
Mr Hawthorn?
Where is he?
The pier near The Hague.
He grew up there. His parents
ran the old fairground there.
That was replaced
by the Ferris wheel, right?
Yeah. What's going on?
Is everything OK?
Hello?
Let's get the pier evacuated
just in case there's a "big bang".
Wow.
OK, thanks.
Dahlman's contacting the DSI.
What I don't get is why
Tonie Alderlink would be a target.
He's on the polder side, right?
Yeah.
It's all here.
Everything is here, Brad.
How could the killer know
Tonie Alderlink would come here
to reference it on a note?
I mean, how could they be sure?
The lens-grinder.
The what?
Spinoza's day job.
He was kicked out of his home,
exiled.
Got him.
Brad?
Spinoza wasn't
just a philosopher.
He was like an inventor.
It's a mirror image.
Tonie Alderlink
isn't just the next victim.
He's left-handed.
He's also the killer.
It's a bomb!
Go, go, go!
- Move! Move!
- Move! Move.
Stand aside!
Move, move!
Made it in time for the fireworks.
So you're the big bang.
Not just me.
Check for explosives -
the Ferris wheel.
Remain calm
and follow the instructions.
Please leave the pier now.
Remain calm
- Move out!
- Move! Move!
You lived here as a kid, right?
Yeah, till we were kicked out
and they built that.
Mum and Dad never got over it.
It took me years to find the polder.
And then evicted again,
another wheel about to be built.
The circle of life, hey?
Like Django says,
"Life sucks and then you die."
Yeah, well, no-one needs to.
I do. And guess what.
You're going to kill me
or I will blow them up.
Please leave the pier
and follow the instructions
of the police.
Move! Move!
Remain calm and leave the pier now.
Let's go.
Let's go, guys. Take positions.
- Let's go!
- Let's go, let's go!
Lucienne! What is it?
C4, I think.
I'm gonna need your screwdriver.
Leave the pier now.
Come on!
Boys, you can go.
Go! Check for more.
If I press this,
they go up and we go up.
How do I know the vest's real?
Want to risk it?
Shoot me.
Everything for a reason,
the notes, the quotes, even the ink.
All just to bring us here.
Yeah.
I want people to see what happens
to the little guy.
The establishment kills him.
To the powers that be,
we're all just ants,
ants that they can crush.
Shoot me!
What the hell? DSI?
They're on site.
I'm just talking to them.
It's all over the news.
He's live-streaming.
You know, generally speaking
I'd rather save lives
than take them.
I don't want to shoot you.
Quickly, quickly.
Let's go, let's go. Let's move.
Hurry through.
Move it. Quick, quick.
Lucienne! Are you, uh
You need to, um
Oh, my God, that is a lot of wires.
Think about your daughter.
It was Clara, wasn't it?
Don't talk about my family.
You don't know me.
You know nothing about me.
But I know what it's like
to wake every morning
and feel the weight of a burden.
Trust me.
DSI got a clear shot?
Then what are you waiting for?
Van der Valk.
Just tell me
you know which one to cut.
This one, I think.
You you think?
Oh, just cut 'em all.
Just cut 'em all!
If I do that, we'll all go up.
Right, you need to come and do
the next one.
Anna will leave me for Django
and she'll take Clara.
And I can't bear that.
I knew that if we lost the case
that would be the end, I'd
I'd lose everything.
I have nothing,
no-one to live for.
So come on. Do me a favour.
Put me out of my misery.
I've had enough!
Wait.
No!
Wait.
You kill them
you're no better than the rest.
Let them take the shot.
Not until I'm sure Piet wants it.
Do it!
"One should not mock,
regret, condemn
"..but understand human action."
That's your man - Spinoza.
An inventor like you.
Evicted like you.
Betrayed like you.
You know, the difference is
he didn't quit.
He continued.
He led a meaningful life.
I don't think you've got it in you
to kill innocent people.
I killed the others.
Shoot me.
Push the button.
Push it.
Or hand it over.
Is he mad? Let them take the shot.
No, he knows what he's doing.
Press it
or give it to me.
What?
Ludlow, take the shot.
Target in sight.
Take the shot. Now.
No! No, no, no!
Linked to the explosives.
But the vest was fake.
Well, the explosives weren't.
Turns out God couldn't kill himself.
He needed us for that.
There you go.
10-1 says Lucienne
can drink you under the table.
Good.
10-1 says Lucienne
can drink you under the table!
Great.
You told them about
the bomb squad, I take it?
Might have slipped out.
Well done.
Well, it wasn't just me.
It was team work.
No-one went to church
Did you know Job lied to us?
Claims he was looking after his mum
when she died years ago.
Piet?
I'm sorry about earlier.
No, it's not your fault.
So where have you been? With Lena?
No. No, there's a new girl in town.
Yeah! Sit. Good girl, good girl.
This is Sniffer.
The latest reject police dog.
Trained in drug detection,
but partial to marijuana.
She kept falling asleep on the job.
Very Amsterdam.
She was gonna be shown the door.
I'm very pleased for you.
Piet does commitment. Who knew?
Nope, she's a present
for you.
That way, I can keep
feeding her treats
whilst you shoulder
the responsibility.
Go on.
Hello, Sniffer.
I know!
Oh, sniffer.
You're gonna come
and live with me now.
Yeah, come here.
Good girl.
- Come on.
- Hey, Sniffer.
- Let's go to the coffee shop.
- Hello!
Good girl.
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